[Lord Byron]

-The St. Louis Cardinals signed manager Patsy Donovan to a 5-year contract extension and general manager David Busser to a 3-year contract extension.
-The Pittsburgh Pirates signed manager Fred Clarke to a 5-year contract extension.
-The Philadelphia Phillies signed manager Bill Shettsline to a 5-year contract extension and general manager Jonathan Baird to a 3-year contract extension.
-The Cincinnati Reds signed manager Bid McPhee to a 5-year contract extension and general manager Aaron Thorson to a 3-year contract extension.
-The Chicago Cubs signed manager Tom Loftus to a 5-year contract extension and general manager Sam Moynihan to a 3-year contract extension.
-The Brooklyn Superbas signed manager Ned Hanlon to a 5-year contract extension and general manager Dan Wilson to a 3-year contract extension).
-The Boston Beaneaters renewed the contracts of manager Frank Seelee and general manager Scott Carter for 5 and 3 years, respectively.
-The Washington Senators renewed the contracts of manager Jim Manning and general manager Will Hood for 5 years (for both).
-The St. Louis Browns renewed the contract of general manager Randy Manning for 3 years, but manager Hugh Duffy was fired from the team.
-The Philadelpha Athletics renewed the contracts of manager Connie Mack and general manager Ryan Washington for 5 and 4 years, respectively.
-The New York Highlanders signed manager John McGraw to a 5-year contract extension.
-The Detroit Tigers renewed the contracts of manager George Stallings and general manager Brian Campbell for 3 years each.
-The Cleveland Naps renewed the contracts of manager Jimmy McAleer and general manager Jose Salazar for 4 and 3 years, respectively.
-The Chicago White Sox renewed the contracts of manager Clark Griffith and general manager Ryan Duhamel for 5 years each.
-The Boston Americans renewed the contract of manager Jimmy Collins for 5 years.
-41 players of various positions and the bench coaches of the St. Louis Browns and New York Giants retired from baseball and coaching, respectively.
-The Boston Beaneaters signed manager Tom Loftus to a 3-year contract.
-On November 11th, the Chicago White Sox traded shortstop Ross Thorton (22) and relief pitcher Tom Barry (24) to the Brooklyn Superbas for second baseman Tom Daly.
-On November 19th, the Chicago Cubs made trades with both the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, trading catcher Lou Ritter (28) and relief pitcher Louis Leroy (24) to the former for shortstop Charlie Babb (30) and trading catcher Ed Phelps (24) and relief pitcher Lee Rundell (32) to the latter for right fielder Jimmy Sebring (21).